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    CELBAN Tips

    SPEAKING – Asking Questions

    The CELBAN includes a role play where you interact with an assessor
    (acting as a standardized patient). You will have to ask questions to gather
    information. Using grammar accurately to form questions is important in
    obtaining the right information. Asking direct and precise questions helps to
    elicit clear answers.

    How to form questions Form questions to obtain the


    following information from a patient.

    THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF QUESTIONS. 1. age


    Yes/no question: Sometimes the only answer that we need is yes or no. 2. children
    Do you have any allergies? The answer is “yes” or “no.” 3. past history with surgery
    WH-question: Sometimes we want more than yes or no for an answer. 4. onset of symptoms
    When asking for information, we usually place a question-word at the 5. family history of chronic disease
    beginning of the sentence. The question-word indicates the information that
    chronic disease?)
    we want, for example: where (place), when (time), why (reason), who (person) 5. Does anyone in your family have a
    Where do you live? The answer is a piece of information you had? 4. When did this start?
    – the person’s address. children? 3. What kind of surgery have
    (1. How old are you? 2. Do you have any
    Form of a yes/no question:
    Auxiliary verb + subject + main verb
    Form of a WH-question:
    You can form questions in
    Question word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb other ways
    The auxiliary verbs are be, do, have, and modals are can, will, should,
    might, etc.
    Indirect questions: These are more
    BE (am, is, are, was, were): main verb “be” or progressive tenses formal and are often used to ask sensitive
    Are you in pain? questions.
    What is your name?
    Do you mind if I ask you a few
    Were you experiencing any pain?
    questions?
    When are you planning to see your doctor?
    Can you tell me what your symptoms
    DO (do, does, did): simple tenses are?
    Do you smoke?
    When did you quit smoking? Abbreviated questions and
    intonation: If you are asking questions in
    HAVE (has, have, had): perfect tenses
    a list, it is not always necessary to repeat
    Have you ever had surgery? the question. You can use rising intonation
    How long have you been using this medication? to signal a question.
    Modal verbs: Have you ever experienced muscle pain?
    May I take take your temperature? What about swelling? Or weakness?
    When will you see your doctor?

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